We’ll be live all night as the B.C. election comes down to the final tallies. Watch this space for updated photos as the candidates and their supporters celebrate their wins, or grovel in their losses.

Early voting started on April 29, but the leaders waited until the official election day to cast their votes.

Christy Clark, despite running in West Kelowna, voted near her home in the Dunbar neighbourhood of Vancouver.

B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark takes a selfie at a poling station after casting her ballot.JONATHAN HAYWARD /
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Later, Clark was in West Kelowna, helping volunteers to get out the vote.

B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark shares a laugh with a campaign worker as they make phone calls from her campaign headquarters in West Kelowna on Tuesday.JONATHAN HAYWARD /
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The NDP’s John Horgan is running in the constituency of Juan de Fuca but was spotted escorting voters in Coquitlam.

B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan, right, walks with voters Ruth and John La-Ballaster after driving them to a polling station to vote in the provincial election, in Coqutilam.DARRYL DYCK /
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He also shared a kiss with his wife along the way.

B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan and his wife Ellie kiss while waiting after bringing voters to a polling station to vote in the provincial election in Coqutilam.DARRYL DYCK /
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The Greens’ Andrew Weaver is the incumbent in Oak Bay-Gordon Head. He voted this morning at a local middle school.

B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver arrives with his family to vote on election day at Gordon Head Middle School in Victoria.CHAD HIPOLITO /
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He went to the voting place with his family.

B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver arrives with his family to vote on election day at Gordon Head Middle School in Victoria.CHAD HIPOLITO /
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Popular former Global BC TV host Steve Darling is running for the B.C. Liberals in Burnaby North. He was out meeting voters and their families during the afternoon.

Steve Darling catches up with with 8 month old Henry in North Burnaby on Tuesday.Mark van Manen /
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B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver and other candidate pins in a fishbowl on election night at the Delta Ocean Pointe in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.CHAD HIPOLITO /
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Meanwhile, the leaders settled in with family to watch the returns.

B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan and his wife Ellie watch election results on television at a hotel after the provincial election polls closed, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday May 9, 2017.DARRYL DYCK /
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B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark and her son Hamish watch the election returns come in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, May 9, 2017.JONATHAN HAYWARD /
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Peter Fassbender, who has filled a number of key posts for Christy Clark, was looking pretty confident in his headquarters on election night.

BC Liberal party incumbent candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood Peter Fassbender waits for election results to start rolling in at his campaign headquarters in Surrey.Jason Payne /
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Green party supporters watch as results come in from election night at the Delta Ocean Pointe in Victoria.CHAD HIPOLITO /
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Supporter Scott Lecy shows off his t-shirt at the at B.C. Liberal party headquarters in downtown Vancouver after the polls closed for the provincial election.Gerry Kahrmann /
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Despite early enthusiasm in all camps, as the clock approached 10 p.m. the mood seemed to be quiet at the B.C. Liberals’ headquarters, while supporters at the NDP event seemed hopeful as the returns continued to show strong numbers for the NDP.

And in Victoria, it looked a strong chance the Greens will hold the balance of power.

Green party supporters watch as results come in from election night at the Delta Ocean Pointe on election night in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.CHAD HIPOLITO /
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The B.C. Liberals have held their ridings in the interior and in the north, but are struggling in the Lower Mainland.

Norm Letnick, re-elected a MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country speaks to supporters at the Coast Capri Hotel as Steve Thomson looks on, Thomson was also re-elected as MLA for Kelowna-Mission on Tuesday evening. GARY NYLANDER /
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Ian Paton was the winner in Delta South, as the B.C. Liberals also did well in the southwestern part of the Lower Mainland.

At NDP headquarters, the crowd continued to jubilate in the promising results.

A NDP supporter reacts as election results are displayed on a screen on election night.RICHARD LAM /
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At the end of the night, it looked like a B.C. Liberal minority government – though absentee ballots in the the Courtenay-Comox consituency could swing the nine-vote NDP victory. If that seat flipped to the B.C. Liberals, it would create a razor-thin 44-seat majority government position for Christy Clark’s party.

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